Jackie King

Dr Jackie King (BA (Hons/LLB (Hons), PhD EMBA)  has 25 years of experience in community engagement, advocacy, and governance. She is a Director of a boutique consulting firm, JDK Research,  is a qualified lawyer and mediator, and has worked in the tertiary sector for much of her professional life. She has deep pillars of technical expertise in strategy, governance, risk, compliance, data, sustainability, impact and service delivery.  Jackie's interest in the co-op is  around the sustainability of the business model and engaging with community for impact. 

Jackie is a Member of the AICD, a Fellow of the Institute of Community Directors Australia and of the Governance Institute of Australia. She is a trivia buff, meditates twice a day and is an avid rummy tile and backgammon player! She grew up near Emerald and visited often, with the area holding special memories for her.

Joe Siegel

With 30 years in the meat export industry and farming, Joe moved into imported organic grocery distribution. For the past 23 years, he has been involved with a Bioscience company where they ethically harvest animal tissues to use in human medical devices like Aortic heart valves.

Joe’s expertise is invaluable to various boards and his accumulated business acumen during his work life has allowed him to experience both losses that he has learnt from and of course, successes that allow him to contribute to other organisations. Joe himself says he has the battle scars to be able to contribute to our board.

He is a believer in the synergy and capacity of a skilled group to achieve optimum outcomes. Joe believes in doing what is right, not pursuing who is right and that’s how he operates as a member of the Emerald Cooperative Board.

Robert Brennan

Rob has lived in Macclesfield since 2014 and he owns and operates a professional services consultancy business with specialisms of leadership development, facilitation services, business planning and executive coaching.

Successfully completing his Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree in 1976, Rob spent six years in private veterinary practice in Tasmania before undertaking veterinary roles for the South Australian Government and Commonwealth Government. He went on to achieve a Graduate Diploma in Adult Education and a Masters in Applied Science; Social Ecology. In 1992 he commenced in private practice as a management consultant in Canberra. Since that time, he has honed his facilitation skills and enjoys working with people in a range of industries, helping them to develop their skills, confidence, and capability.

Rob joined the Emerald Cooperative Board in February 2024, and he brings a ‘level-headed’ and balanced approach to the group. He uses his business expertise and skills to help the organisation in its leadership development, business planning, decision making and communications.

In his private time Rob works on his small acreage tending to his herd of two horses and two donkeys where his veterinary skills and experience come in very handy!

Robert Herring

Robert's professional career is in Information Technology, working 25 years in the Banking Industry and since 2010 working in the Mining Industry and brings a wealth of experience working in the corporate sector.

Robert also works with his partner Gayle Herring who runs a successful alpaca farm and alpaca fibre processing business. 

Robert has lived in Macclesfield since 1988 and has delighted in seeing  the local community grow and change over the past 35 years.

Robert joined the Emerald Cooperative Board in November 2022 seeing this as an opportunity to give back to the local community.

Julie Brennan

Julie is a HR practitioner, and has had a varied professional career in the not-for-profit, private and public sectors in England & Australia. She joined the Board at the AGM in November 2023.  

Julie brings a variety of business and life skills to the Board and enjoys working with her fellow Board members and senior staff to develop the role of the Emerald Co-op within our community. She currently holds the position of Acting Chair.

Julie is committed to using her experience and skills to assist the Board in providing a positive and fulfilling work environment for its employees. 

Julie and her husband Rob moved to Macclesfield in 2014, where they run their training and development consultancy business.  Apart from assisting in the running of the family business, attending to various pets, and carrying out volunteer duties, Julie is currently project managing a major renovation of the family home.

Andee Sellman

Andee is the founder of Rest and Rhythm Pty Ltd, an organisation focused on monitoring the health of both business owners and their businesses. His proprietary 3Margin framework is fundamental to ensuring business owners experience growth that is sustainable and enjoyable. He understands the unique challenges of business ownership which requires developing both business and personal capacity.

Andee has more than 40 years working as an accountant, senior executive, and business coach across many diverse industries. He is passionate about helping business owners find the equilibrium between their personal and business life. He is gifted in interpreting the story behind the numbers of businesses and nurturing the precious resources of relationships, time and money. He is committed to rest being a way of traveling and rhythm making the traveling easier

His formative career was with BTR Nylex where he held the positions of both Finance Director and Group Chief Executive. Having left corporate in 2000, Andee has spent the last twenty plus years coaching and developing business owners and their businesses.

Andee is married to Fran and they have two adult children and one grandchild.